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Good game but could have been better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like this game and it is a lot of fun. I have been playing for a week now and I feel that I improved my vocabulary slightly. I wish that they had an option where they actually said the word, because some of the words in the game I just cant say, so it would be nice to hear it. Also, it would have been nice if they used the words in a sentence so you actually see how it is used. Overall this is a good game game but if they added those options that I mentioned, it would make this a great game.

Great game for increasing your vocabulary!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my adult daughter who is working on brain rehab. She struggles with word finding, so I thought this might help. She loves it and continues to play it daily. Whenever we see each other, I also play it. I really appreciate the chance for both of us to improve our vocabulary!

a helpful additive to reading comprehension

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I honestly can say that I normally do not allow my children to play on their Nintendo DS's during the school week but I have made an exception for this.......it helps my sons develop a greater vocabulary so that reading can be done with more ease. The fact that it is in a game format inspires the kids to play on it......whatever helps them in reading and at school is a good thing where I am concerned.

It's ok for entertainment, not a study tool

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

letters in the soup, tetris kind of a game does not make you learn anything. You learn techniques to score rather then expand your vocabulary. You will see what I'm saying if you played it. It's just how fast can you copy letters.

The daily sessions are too long. You should decide how long you want to play not the meter.

Some words/definations does not sound right. deathless? isn't immortal more appropriate? I never use that word before.
The defination for 'termination' was to end a pregnency. I think termination has more defination then just ending a pregnency and certainly not apporiate for an E game. And there's others but I'm just writing what's on my head.

Lastly, handwriting reconition is not too good compaired to brain age. specially have problem with E which it thinks it's a G and G might be a C.

I was going to get the spanish version too but after the experience, I don't think I'll learn a thing with these games.
Just my thoughts
Thank You

Could be so much better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It has potential, but falls way short. It needs pronunciations with the words - much like My Spanish Coach. It should also include part of speech in the definition, and at some point, should give you an example of the word being used. They need more games - some are just too tedious to do very often. It focuses more on spelling than on learning definitions. Nonetheless, both my husband and I have persisted through the game for two months and have both reached a point where our expression potential has not updated for three weeks of daily play regardless of the fact that we have reached our word quota almost every day. I hope UBI Soft will put some more time into this game and make the improvements necessary to make it both useful and fun.

Words and more words

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun -- it teaches you grammar and new words. We like the "block" game in which there's a list of letters; you spell themm out with blocks, but if the blocks reach the top, the game's over. We also like the daily challenge. It's easy to use if you're 10 or older.

Expanding your vocabulary, one minigame at a time...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

"My Word Coach" was made for those who of us who love words -- spelling them, learning their definitions, and -- in the end -- having the ability to sound like a walking, talking dictionary in front of our friends!

Through a series of minigames, you'll become more familiar with words in the English language. There's a nice variety of activities; over the course of seven days, at least seven new games or game levels were unlocked for me. Some are fun; "Pasta Letters" is one of my favorites. In this minigame, you try to unscramble a word whose letters appear in an alphabet soup. If you wait too long, they'll begin to sink under the surface of the soup; to retrieve them, you may have to blow into the DS's microphone. In "Word Shuffle," you have to match vocabulary words to the appropriate definition on an index card. In "Split Decision" you must rapidly choose the correct definition of a word from two choices, all the while trying to beat your previous time record.

I am impressed by the variety of activities that have appeared so far. However, I do not like all of the minigames. "Safecracker" is difficult for me. "Missing Letter" sometimes doesn't recognize the letter you've written; like, I'll write an "O" and it'll recognize it as an "R." You are allowed to fix your mistakes within a certain amount of time, but I think the recognition software could be a little better. Furthermore, I don't like how some of the games time you and penalize you if you don't complete it quickly enough. No matter how quickly I play "Block Letters," or how many times I try, I can't finish within the suggested time. The good news is, you get to choose which games you want to play each day, so if there's one you loathe, you can avoid it.

Other fun features in this game include an extensive glossary and a place where you can monitor your progress on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Thanks to this game, I've not only learned some new words, but I've had a few epiphanies, ala "Hey, I've always wondered what that word meant, but I've been too lazy to pick up my 15-pound Webster's dictionary! But now I know!"

"My Word Coach" puts a fun spin on expanding your vocabulary. Recommended for word lovers ages 8 and up.

Fail.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

There may have been linguists behind this product, but they didn't seem to know how best to implement their knowledge. While it might be useful to a foreign learner of English, with such useful advice as, "A verb is an action word in a sentence!", it has some deficiencies that limit it for both native and foreign speakers. Many of the games require you to know the meaning of a word in advance, otherwise you'll simply be playing "guess which meaning is the right one".

Not recommended. Language learning software has tremendous potential, but it isn't even hinted at here.

Great learning game....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great learning tool!! While it's not the first game my nephew will reach for for his Nintendo DS when he is visiting, when I tell him it is time to do something constructive, he will reach for My Word Coach. He thinks it's fun, and it challenges him. And it makes him curious, because it introduces him to new vocabulary...so it's a great thing as far as I'm concerned. While it'll never be the Star Wars game, lol...as long as it's fun enough to keep him occupied, it's got my approval!!

Nice way to spend 10 minutes or so....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've played several of the "thinking" games out there, including 'Brain Age' and 'Big Brain Academy'. The Word Coach can hold its own against those games -- it's fun, interesting, and contains a decent number of games, most of which I liked.

I found myself wishing, though, that you could switch into another mode, where you play word games (such as crossword puzzles, or a boggle type game, etc...) instead of just do training activities. One of the games I mentioned above has a Sudoku mode, which I loved working on when I didn't feel like "training."

I also wish you could choose your level, rather than have to work your way up to it. I was pretty bored with the words I had, but apparently the only way to get words I don't know is to work my way up through the levels.

This game has a lot of potential for certain demographics - like a game for elementary school kids to work on vocabulary and spelling. My kids wanted to play this game but got pretty frustrated since it was above their level. Or how about a game loaded with SAT words to help kids get ready for the SATs?

Anyway, overall it's a good addition to your collection of DS games.

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